Picks are coming in on both sides of tonight’s UFC 170 main event between Ronda Rousey and Sara McMann – most of them on Rousey, judging from the betting lines.

But without reading too far between the lines, Arianny Celeste might be siding with the underdog.

Rousey has been given ample credit for helping build women’s MMA in a short amount of time. But Celeste, who has been a UFC Octagon Girl for nearly eight years, wouldn’t mind seeing Rousey up her game elsewhere, as well.

“I don’t really like the way she carries herself,” Celeste told MMAjunkie Radio on Friday night, just a half-hour after appearing on stage at the weigh-ins for UFC 170 at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. “I don’t think she’s a good role model for women. I think that women should empower each other and give each other a little pat on the back.”

That pat on the back was what was missing when Rousey was critical of the UFC’s ring-card girls for being “talentless” and criticizing Celeste and Brittney Palmer for appearances in Playboy magazine. Not long after, Rousey appeared mostly nude, but covered up, in ESPN The Magazine’s annual “Body Issue.”

Celeste appears to have kept things from turning into much of a beef between the two by just leaving it alone, for the most part.

“I’ve personally been talked about by her, and I don’t even know her. I’ve met her twice,” Celeste said. “She said a couple things in her Maxim interview. A lot of people pointed it out to me, but I didn’t really acknowledge it.”

Celeste said that regardless of what anyone thinks about what it takes to do her job, hey, give her some credit.

“She’s paving the way for women’s MMA, and I’ve made being a UFC Octagon Girl into a career. She should definitely recognize that and be nice,” she said.

Celeste did say that regardless of any talk, the women’s side of the sport is coming on strong. But tonight, she’ll be interested in seeing how McMann does against Rousey as the underdog.

“They work their tails off and they’re doing it just as good as the boys,” Celeste said. “I really like McMann’s energy. She’s had really good energy, so good for her for being up there and headlining a UFC.”

Celeste has parlayed her UFC job into other gigs, as well. Beyond regular modeling shoots around the world, she’ll return in March to “Overhaulin’” on the Velocity cable network, a show that takes unsuspecting car owners by surprise when their vehicles are turned into their dream machines. That show airs Sundays at 8 p.m. ET.

And while jobs like that are no doubt a continued part of her future, don’t expect to see Celeste stepping into the octagon any time soon – despite apparently having some chops if it ever came down to that. She’s not afraid to drop some bombs if she’s put in that position.

“It was after I’d been with the UFC a couple years. I didn’t have any kind of name or anything, but some girl was picking on me and I had to defend myself,” Celeste said. “She physically tried to attack me, so I had to defend myself – and I ended up hurting her pretty bad because I learned a lot of things like hammer punches and kicks to the stomach. That was pretty dirty, but I had to do it.

“I’m not too proud of it, but I had to defend myself. I’m a very non-violent person.”

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